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. >> 18 point swing in one poll is huge. >> if we were to see that number confirmed by other poll, romney would be the favorite but it's not what we're seeing in the bulk of data. sometimes there can be a tendency to take a big headline number, when we're getting 15 or 20 polls released. if romney is doing that well among women, we will see the result confirmed by other polls quite soon. >> his people also believe that he did well from the debate independents, men, the elderly in particular. that's what their own internal polling is showing. would you agree with that? >> in the debate he was able to reposition himself toward the center of the electorate. last time we talked about, this is something very strange where romney has been playing to the base, even to some extent at his convention, he was doing that. but he shifted towards the center and obama was a little bit feeble in trying to rebut that. that's an important factor. historically candidates who can appear to be in the middle of the electorate tend to win and those on the wings tend to lose. that was a big strategic gain romney
. >> 18 point swing in one poll is huge. >> if we were to see that number confirmed by other poll, romney would be the favorite but it's not what we're seeing in the bulk of data. sometimes there can be a tendency to take a big headline number, when we're getting 15 or 20 polls released. if romney is doing that well among women, we will see the result confirmed by other polls quite soon. >> his people also believe that he did well from the debate independents, men, the elderly...
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also talking about the polls and why mitt romney is polling very well among women. newt gingrich is struggling with that group and he has a theory. >> thanks. still ahead here in 2008, oprah was one of senator obama's biggest champions. now, she says there's no reason for her to endorse the president. we'll tell you why. plus, at airports, you know the drill. turns out the tsa is making a killing off all the loose change we're leaving at the airport. kate bolduan will be back with with the details. ♪ [ male announcer ] when kelley blue book's kbb.com gave the 2012 camry a best resale value award, we were delighted. ♪ when it received a 5-star overall safety rating, we were ecstatic. and when camry became the number-one selling car in america 10 years running, we blushed. ♪ the reinvented 2012 camry. from toyota. ♪ so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i r
also talking about the polls and why mitt romney is polling very well among women. newt gingrich is struggling with that group and he has a theory. >> thanks. still ahead here in 2008, oprah was one of senator obama's biggest champions. now, she says there's no reason for her to endorse the president. we'll tell you why. plus, at airports, you know the drill. turns out the tsa is making a killing off all the loose change we're leaving at the airport. kate bolduan will be back with with...
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the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure economic advisory said don't do this. and they said mr. president we campaigned in these states, these people are getting killed we've got to do this. one of the most important decisions of his presidency. >> if he wints ohio, it's going to be because he bailed out the auto industry. >> yeah. >> there are about 800,000 we estimate, gloria, undecided voters in these few remaining battle ground states. they're all working trying to convince them. what is going to convince them. >> it's really hard to say. when you talk to republicans they tell you that late in the game, where we are, undecided voters will br
the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure...
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now all the polls in ohio, mitt romney is ahead. take a look at this brand new poll from tennessee, the same story. you can see, mitt romney has closed the gap with rick santorum in tennessee. rick santorum used to have a double digit lead there as well. you want to call it mojo, i love that word as well. let's say santorum wins ohio or oklahoma or one or two others, the race goes on for a long, long time. >> i knew you were going to say that. super tuesdayen is as super as it used to be. we keep losing states. >> there were about 20 states the last time around. the calendar changes every four years. >> so does mine. i think i heard a pundit say over the last couple of days if one of these candidates can prevail in five or six, i may have the math wrong, five or six of the ten states, it's over, baby. is that true? >> i don't think that's true. here's why. if romney does, maybe it's over. if romney has a bad night, he has the organization to continue on. he wants to have a very good night. newt gingrich, let's talk about him. he nee
now all the polls in ohio, mitt romney is ahead. take a look at this brand new poll from tennessee, the same story. you can see, mitt romney has closed the gap with rick santorum in tennessee. rick santorum used to have a double digit lead there as well. you want to call it mojo, i love that word as well. let's say santorum wins ohio or oklahoma or one or two others, the race goes on for a long, long time. >> i knew you were going to say that. super tuesdayen is as super as it used to be....
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how bad is this particular poll for mitt romney? >> it is it is very, very bad brooke and one number you mentioned there, obama holds a 25-point lead among women which is a big gender gap we have seen in any poll between the two this cycle. ohio is the linchpin of any white house strategy. romney can still do it, though the needle he's threading becomes very, very thin if he does lose ohio. the question the political people are asking today is this lead actually ten points? or is it closer to what we have seen in previous polls, which is seven, six, five, four perhaps point lead for barack obama. a lot of republicans are criticizing the polls saying the gop is undersampled, democrats are being oversampled. if you talk to any republican in ohio, they'll admit to you they are losing the state they just say -- they point out they're losing by four points and they're still in the hunt rather than ten points. ten-point lead is bad also from a media narrative perspective, the more we talk about romney losing, battling ohio, the more that
how bad is this particular poll for mitt romney? >> it is it is very, very bad brooke and one number you mentioned there, obama holds a 25-point lead among women which is a big gender gap we have seen in any poll between the two this cycle. ohio is the linchpin of any white house strategy. romney can still do it, though the needle he's threading becomes very, very thin if he does lose ohio. the question the political people are asking today is this lead actually ten points? or is it...
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poll after poll shows momentum building behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now to wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we saw this week at the university of miami on thursday at a big rally there was the president even turning up the volume a bit more. attacking mitt romney for what the president says was his changing position on a whole host of issues, including taxes. take a listen. >> he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. >> i was talking to a senior campaign official about the tone of the president's rally and this official
poll after poll shows momentum building behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now to wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively...
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we know that polls are actually showing the president is leading romney in ohio. this is the cnn poll of polls. average of four most recent surveys. the president ahead, 55-41%. why do you think that is so significant right now? >> he has more than 40 days to go before this election, but keep in mind that the presidential debates, a series of presidential debates in that vice presidential debate gets going next week. so he doesn't have a whole lot of time on the ground to persuade swing state voters like here in ohio that he needs them on his side, and you can see he has this economic message behind me right now in big letters on that sign. it says we need a real recovery. he has been fine-tuning his economic message all morning long. trying to reconnect with voters in this stais state. he said at a hearing in the western of the state that his heartaches for people who are struggling in this economy. take a listen to a little bit of what he had to say earlier this morning. >> there is so many in our country that are hurting right now. i want to help them. he know
we know that polls are actually showing the president is leading romney in ohio. this is the cnn poll of polls. average of four most recent surveys. the president ahead, 55-41%. why do you think that is so significant right now? >> he has more than 40 days to go before this election, but keep in mind that the presidential debates, a series of presidential debates in that vice presidential debate gets going next week. so he doesn't have a whole lot of time on the ground to persuade swing...
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a new poll shows mitt romney may be leading among women. that's not the only category where obama is trailing and i'll ask for congresswoman debbie wasserman shut who is standing by live. a facebook co-founder unfriends the united states of america on giving us his u.s. citizenship could save him hundreds of millions of taxes when the company goes public. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> democrats have been betting on a big gender gap to give president obama an edge in the november election, they've accused republicans of a war on women and president obama has been going all out to kort female voters, but suddenly a new poll suggests it's mitt romney who may have an edge among women. let's go to brianna keilar. should the president be worried that he's potentially losing his critically important edge with women? >> reporter: wolf, it may be too soon to tell. these poll numbers may not tell the entire story. if we take a look at the poll by cbs news and new york times it does show ro
a new poll shows mitt romney may be leading among women. that's not the only category where obama is trailing and i'll ask for congresswoman debbie wasserman shut who is standing by live. a facebook co-founder unfriends the united states of america on giving us his u.s. citizenship could save him hundreds of millions of taxes when the company goes public. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> democrats have been betting on...
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he's getting negative with a new ad against the man who's been leading in the polls, mitt romney. let's take a look at part of it. >> i hate to lose! i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants who were working there. i'm running for office, for pete's sake, i can't have illegals. >> you just don't have credibility, mitt. what you said to this office was not true. >> there are a lot of reasons not to elect me. >> it's pretty powerful. it's a very sort of sharp and negative ad. and as a matter of fact, it used a bunch of cnn material, and i think cnn kind of stepped in and said, uh-uh, can't do it. but what do you think about that? was it effective? >> i don't know how effective it really is going to be. i don't think that mitt romney's poll numbers are going to slide because of it, but it's something that governor perry really has to do. he really has to master the art of punching up. and so it's his job to take on rick perry directly and to make this a two-man race. if he doesn't manage to make it a
he's getting negative with a new ad against the man who's been leading in the polls, mitt romney. let's take a look at part of it. >> i hate to lose! i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants who were working there. i'm running for office, for pete's sake, i can't have illegals. >> you just don't have credibility, mitt. what you said to this office was not true. >> there are a lot of reasons...
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i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp democratic polling group that had people saying more likely to vote for governor romney 47-35. less likely more likely to vote for president obama 32 less likely 46. and that was a poll also that said on points, on points, president obama won the race. and the final analysis this is an election. people are looking for who can be the commander in chief. hat governor romney did last night is he tied having a strong economy as being essential to having a strong military strong foreign policy and clearly on that point he clearly won the debate. >> what he also seemed to do last night, more than he has ever done before, and i've covered him now for, you know, five years, is he seemed to agree with president obama on a whole range of foreign policy issues. seemingly for the first time. let's listen to what he said. >> i felt the same as the president did. i want to underscore the same point the president made. the president was right to up the usage of that technology. >> there
i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp democratic polling group that had people saying more likely to vote for governor romney 47-35. less likely more likely to vote for president obama 32 less likely 46. and that was a poll also that said on points, on points, president obama won the race. and the final analysis this is an election. people are looking for who can be the commander in chief. hat governor romney did last night is he tied having a strong economy...
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so you really think now that the polls at the romney campaign are pointing to are wrong. do you think they're wrong, they're being stupid, or i mean what's the reason they would do this or do they think they're losing to you and that's why they're pulling out? >> not at all. the race is close. i think they have a small advantage right now in the most recent polls, most of which have been republican-leaning polls. no, i think this is a head fake. they pretend they're leaving north carolina, and they're sending one person out of state. they're trying to depress our vote during the early vote period. they're trying to get new stories placed that the race is over. we've registered over 100,000 new voters in north carolina this year alone, and the romney campaign is very concerned they can't match us in the early vote. we've seen how the early vote is going in ohio and iowa and wisconsin where we're way ahead in votes that already been cast. i think they're trying to depress the vote and convince the voters it's over, no reason to vote. the game is over. >> let me ask you this
so you really think now that the polls at the romney campaign are pointing to are wrong. do you think they're wrong, they're being stupid, or i mean what's the reason they would do this or do they think they're losing to you and that's why they're pulling out? >> not at all. the race is close. i think they have a small advantage right now in the most recent polls, most of which have been republican-leaning polls. no, i think this is a head fake. they pretend they're leaving north...
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a closer look at why romney's poll numbers seem to be slipping. let's bring in cnn's political reporter peter hamby. i enjoyed reading your article at cnn.com. >> thank you. >> give us some idea why if you will why the president is running so strong? >> the real problem for mitt romney is in the meat of the polls. he has advantage on economy, taxes, democrats rarely have advantage on, among women. couple things jumped out at me. this is from "the washington post" poll yesterday, mitt romney is at 50% unfave, 40% faif. barack obama 39% unfavorable, mitt romney's having trouble getting people to like him. that's a very big problem. the other thing that jumped out at me is this question of the bailout by two to one margin -- >> the auto bailout. >> the auto bailout, voters there in ohio like the bailout and said it's been good for the economy. you see this in poll after ohio poll. >> wow, those are some pretty strong numbers. you've been talking to ohio republicans. what are they saying? what are their concerns? are they afraid of losing the state? >
a closer look at why romney's poll numbers seem to be slipping. let's bring in cnn's political reporter peter hamby. i enjoyed reading your article at cnn.com. >> thank you. >> give us some idea why if you will why the president is running so strong? >> the real problem for mitt romney is in the meat of the polls. he has advantage on economy, taxes, democrats rarely have advantage on, among women. couple things jumped out at me. this is from "the washington post"...
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also know that huntsman is not moving in that poll. great news for romney all around. terrible news for the other guys. >> assuming romney, the former governor of massachusetts, he owns a vacation home here, he campaigned here for six years, assuming he can stay above 40% or in this ballpark that has been a momentum race even though the iowa whip is eight votes. he doesn't win in new hampshire, moves to south carolina, the numbers are stunning, romney 37%, up from 20 in december. santorum a big bounce there, evangelicals rallying at his side, 14, up from a month ago. gingrich, a 25-point tumble, a 25-point tumble, down 18%, down from 43%. a lot of people will say, wow, this is about delegates f romney can do iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, can anyone stop him? >> if romney can do those three, like he has gone from the little red caboose to high speed rail and i don't want to be standing in front of that train, i don't think nip does. and the problem for his rivals is compounded by the way the field is splintered. so maybe if you had santorum trying to hold the lin
also know that huntsman is not moving in that poll. great news for romney all around. terrible news for the other guys. >> assuming romney, the former governor of massachusetts, he owns a vacation home here, he campaigned here for six years, assuming he can stay above 40% or in this ballpark that has been a momentum race even though the iowa whip is eight votes. he doesn't win in new hampshire, moves to south carolina, the numbers are stunning, romney 37%, up from 20 in december. santorum...
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. >> in chicago, in terms of romney versus santorum spending. what about the exit polls? did anything surprise you or stand out in illinois specifically? >> a couple of nuggets here. governor romney won among voters who identify as conservatives. they tend to go for santorum or going risch. governor romney did well. he won among those who identify themselves as supporters of the tea party. he did well among working women. we had conversations about the gender gap in this complain. he won among those who think the economy is getting worse and those who think the economy is getting better. and he fared better. senator santorum carried the downscale we talked about in the beginning, but not as big a margin in illinois. is it just one state? is it more moderate in other states? or can governor romney carry this over? >> john king, thank you very much. >>> earlier tonight, before we knew the results and knew the exit poll numbers, we had three burning questions about the race. let me start with you, wolf. number one, we wanted to know if mitt romney would win convinc g convinc
. >> in chicago, in terms of romney versus santorum spending. what about the exit polls? did anything surprise you or stand out in illinois specifically? >> a couple of nuggets here. governor romney won among voters who identify as conservatives. they tend to go for santorum or going risch. governor romney did well. he won among those who identify themselves as supporters of the tea party. he did well among working women. we had conversations about the gender gap in this complain....
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mitt romney is surging in the gop polls. but that is not exactly how the tea party patriots see things. >> no, no. they conducted a straw poll of their own. this is on sunday night. this is what it found. 35% support gingrich. 31% rick santorum. 18% mitt romney. >> yeah. very different numbers. flipfloping. imagine rick santorum being up that high as well. the polls don't show that. the founder of and the coordinator of the tea party. jenny beth. >> thanks fo having me. >> i'm confused. the numbers show different than the other polls. then we have to go back and look at other number. in each of the states that's been won so far by each of the candidates that's won a state, they've all had the backing of the tea party. iowa had -- santorum had iowa, he had the backing of the tea party, romney won new hampshire and gingrich won with the backing of the tea party. in florida, do you think that trend might end? >> it may very well. especially when you look at the polls that come out today or come out in the past few days from flo
mitt romney is surging in the gop polls. but that is not exactly how the tea party patriots see things. >> no, no. they conducted a straw poll of their own. this is on sunday night. this is what it found. 35% support gingrich. 31% rick santorum. 18% mitt romney. >> yeah. very different numbers. flipfloping. imagine rick santorum being up that high as well. the polls don't show that. the founder of and the coordinator of the tea party. jenny beth. >> thanks fo having me....
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but cnn polls still showing romney is the top dog. let's go to dana bash. she's been covering romney in new hampshire. i've been following your tweet and you talk about the crush, the throng surrounding him. and mo and joe's diner, he couldn't even sit down. >> i've covered primaries here many times in many different ways, and i've seen this before, the candidates, especially, when you get the kind of popularity he has right now, he's actually surging in the polls. newt gingrich is second to mitt romney, and he has this individual attention he has now, something he's not really used to. he's been here in new hampshire on and off for a very, very long time and this kind of attention is new to him. i think it's fair to say that ron paul's campaign wasn't prepared for this, and it was pretty intense for him, and he did leave earlier than expected. he was supposed to sit down and have breakfast and he didn't get to. they've seen candidates come in and get crushed by the attention, by the cameras, but they still find a way to maneuver and talk to the voters. i a
but cnn polls still showing romney is the top dog. let's go to dana bash. she's been covering romney in new hampshire. i've been following your tweet and you talk about the crush, the throng surrounding him. and mo and joe's diner, he couldn't even sit down. >> i've covered primaries here many times in many different ways, and i've seen this before, the candidates, especially, when you get the kind of popularity he has right now, he's actually surging in the polls. newt gingrich is second...
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a new cnn sfch/orc poll shows m romney as a clear front-runner, 34%, ahead of newt gingrich. another poll saids light on the possible reason a huge majority of republicans, 71%, said they would rather nominate a candidate that can beat barack obama in the fall than a candidate who agrees with them on the issues. romney's lead isn't set in stone. 56% of gop voters say they may change their minds before the primaries. the next big gop contest is just six days away. south carolina holds the first southern primary on saturday, and romney does not hold a commanding lead there. the latest arg survey shows him in a statistical dead heat with newt gingrich. shannon travis is live from myrtle beach, where tee party groups are holding a convention and, shannon, i understand there have been some pretty tense moments there. tell us more. >> yeah, there were some tense moments here at the spring may resort where they're holding their first ever tea party convention here in south carolina, fred. for the most part the purpose of the event was for tea party activists to kind of network, get
a new cnn sfch/orc poll shows m romney as a clear front-runner, 34%, ahead of newt gingrich. another poll saids light on the possible reason a huge majority of republicans, 71%, said they would rather nominate a candidate that can beat barack obama in the fall than a candidate who agrees with them on the issues. romney's lead isn't set in stone. 56% of gop voters say they may change their minds before the primaries. the next big gop contest is just six days away. south carolina holds the first...
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two state news polls shows mitt romney slightly down but still ahead in the poll there's. romney, 35%. paul, 20%. huntsman, 11%. let's take a look t the other poll that we have here as well. this is romney at 40%, huntsman at 17%, paul at 16%. with romney ahead by so much, what are the next 24 hours about for the candidates? what's the story to watch coming out of new hampshire? >> i think the most fascinating thing right now is how huntsman and ron paul are both fighting over independent voters. remember, independent voters, what makes a difference in new hampshire. open primary, independent voters make up 40% of the local electora electorate. that's what folks are fighting over. right now huntsman and paul rising in the polls. romney safely ahead but as long as that margin closes that's the real fight. watching ron paul and jon huntsman take fights at each other to knock mitt romney off his person. >> if we can talk to mull here for a second. has they're headed into south carolina, i was reading an article this morning saying that people, even though they're not excite a
two state news polls shows mitt romney slightly down but still ahead in the poll there's. romney, 35%. paul, 20%. huntsman, 11%. let's take a look t the other poll that we have here as well. this is romney at 40%, huntsman at 17%, paul at 16%. with romney ahead by so much, what are the next 24 hours about for the candidates? what's the story to watch coming out of new hampshire? >> i think the most fascinating thing right now is how huntsman and ron paul are both fighting over independent...
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you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers, evolutionary scientists, climate scientists or anything like that. the truth of the matter is it's tightened. the poll of polls and the national numbers seems to be around one. and we'll move on with the rest of the campaign. no sense in attacking pollsters here. no doubt that governor romney has done himself some good since that debate. and we'll see where we go from here. we can say i'm not going to attack scientists or fact checkers or pollsters. >> ari, you're not attacking fact checkers or pollsters either, are you? >> last i looked. no, wolf, that's exactly right. the debate
you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers,...
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a new american research group poll shows gingrich with 50% to romney's 19. that's a 39-point jump for gingrich since last month. if numbers like these hold in a state like florida, well, it might be very difficult for any other candidate to touch gingrich, but they've got a ways to go. actually, at this point, it's probably safe to say the republican nomination boils down to a race between romney and gingrich. a resent poll shows 40% of republicans think romney has the best chance to beat president obama. 21% say gingrich. but maybe this particular poll didn't ask you, so we will. here's the question. which republican candidate, mitt romney or newt gingrich, is more likely able to beat president obama? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. post a comment on my blog or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page and my compliments on your interview with the frog. >> kermit the frog. who would have thought? i've interviewed presidents and kings and prime ministers, but kermit the frog. right at the top. thanks very much. >>> back to some serious news. boeing
a new american research group poll shows gingrich with 50% to romney's 19. that's a 39-point jump for gingrich since last month. if numbers like these hold in a state like florida, well, it might be very difficult for any other candidate to touch gingrich, but they've got a ways to go. actually, at this point, it's probably safe to say the republican nomination boils down to a race between romney and gingrich. a resent poll shows 40% of republicans think romney has the best chance to beat...
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but now because of all the other alternatives that have come up and gone down to mitt romney, the poll says what we see publicly. he's doing quite well. there's no question he got a big assist from the super pac that pummeled newt gingrich. they also know the same kind of thing could attack him, even in the next five days. >> you know, dana, there was a lot of home for romney this time four years ago. >> yes. >> but i sense that there is something different. how do they view the difference between how he's being received in iowa now and how he was received four years ago when he lost quite handily to mike huckabee. >> romney advisers and those quite close to him say there are several factors. first there was one candidate that evangelical voters floated toward, that was huckabee. secondly he learned from what they now admit was a big mistake in iowa four years ago. he tried to appeal to social voters, talking about abortion and immigration. which he switched his position on. now he's staying in his lane, talking about economic issues. of course, that's what most voters in iowa and acro
but now because of all the other alternatives that have come up and gone down to mitt romney, the poll says what we see publicly. he's doing quite well. there's no question he got a big assist from the super pac that pummeled newt gingrich. they also know the same kind of thing could attack him, even in the next five days. >> you know, dana, there was a lot of home for romney this time four years ago. >> yes. >> but i sense that there is something different. how do they view...
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jim, seriously, the answer from the romney camp is that the polls aren't trustworthy? >> reporter: well, i think one thing we heard from mitt romney yesterday, we had a chance to talk to him, carol, and he basically said, well, polls come up and polls go down. that was basically the message that came from his political director, you played the sound from the campaign plane yesterday. i was on the plane with him. we were pressing him on the polling numbers and the romney campaign insisted there is plenty of time to pill this out and pointed that out during the primaries, we're behind in critical states battling rick santorum and able to come from behind and win some of those states. what's happening right now. mitt romney about to come out on the stage joined by the governor of the state, john kasich and golf legend jack nicklaus, sort of the pride of the state, on the stage behind me. because of poll numbers in ohio, romney is in a major sand trap now and could use a good pitching wedge to get out of the fix he's in now. i had a chance to ask mitt romney yesterday duri
jim, seriously, the answer from the romney camp is that the polls aren't trustworthy? >> reporter: well, i think one thing we heard from mitt romney yesterday, we had a chance to talk to him, carol, and he basically said, well, polls come up and polls go down. that was basically the message that came from his political director, you played the sound from the campaign plane yesterday. i was on the plane with him. we were pressing him on the polling numbers and the romney campaign insisted...
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andrew mentioned the poll. romney at 38%, gingrich at 23. that's recently. what makes it shocking, look in object, it was 33 to 4. the question, andrew, has been asked and asked time and time again, newt gingrichs a surge candidate. does he have the infrastructure on the ground, back to a great new hampshire primary four year ago when everybody thought when the day started barack obama was going to win and hillary clinton had old fashioned organization and in the end, on that night in new hampshire, she proved troops on the ground can matter. do you have them? >> we absolutely do. we've been building a very strong, very aggressive, fast, fast growing organization here in the state. we have, you know, we're using leveraging a lot of social media, new technologies that are available to us. we've got a really great brand-new voigt phone system that will allow us to do thousand of calls in the evening. over 3,000 volunteers who have come on, signed up onon, signed newt new hampshire.com. i think that we are positioned very well in new hampshire right now, we rec
andrew mentioned the poll. romney at 38%, gingrich at 23. that's recently. what makes it shocking, look in object, it was 33 to 4. the question, andrew, has been asked and asked time and time again, newt gingrichs a surge candidate. does he have the infrastructure on the ground, back to a great new hampshire primary four year ago when everybody thought when the day started barack obama was going to win and hillary clinton had old fashioned organization and in the end, on that night in new...
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i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of 2riterrorists. pentagon correspondent chris stewart is worki in lawrence is working this side of story. >> reporter: this is a major difference. governor romney is advocating for an aggressive american approach to syria. it carries a reward in that if and when bashar al assad falls, the americans and the united states would really have a seat at the table as to what comes next but the risk is that some of the arms that could flow in to syria could be in the hands of terrorists. in a mitt romney administration, the u.s. could be fighting a proxy war with iran in syria. governor romney said monday that iran is s
i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of...
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mitt romney has dropped five points in our latest south carolina poll. people that you're speaking to in south carolina, say this is really the last-ditch effort to stop romney. they don't love the alternatives. you say as well. actually your newspaper has not come out with an endorsement yet. this is very last minute. what are folks waiting for? what is missing? >> i think we just want -- i think at love of republican voters here just want to see as much as they can see before making up their mind. i've talked to a few who are still undecided who will be looking at the debate tonight and what happens tonight and over the next two days. >> what about romney not releasing his tax returns. do you think that will affect south carolinaens? we know or we think what it would show us is that he's really rich. south carolina has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 9.9%. is it a liability to be rich in this race going into south carolina? and how do you think folks will react about the tax forms not being released? >> i don't know if it's a li
mitt romney has dropped five points in our latest south carolina poll. people that you're speaking to in south carolina, say this is really the last-ditch effort to stop romney. they don't love the alternatives. you say as well. actually your newspaper has not come out with an endorsement yet. this is very last minute. what are folks waiting for? what is missing? >> i think we just want -- i think at love of republican voters here just want to see as much as they can see before making up...
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nationally the polls have been moving in the same direction toward mitt romney. people here still think it will be a close race, but the romney campaign is quietly confident again that they can pull out a win here and really send a message to the republican party that we can win in a key battleground state in november. this is a state that went heavily republican in 2010, but if you look at the cross tabs in this poll, voters are very concerned about electability, they're aware of the central role of the state in november and voters that are concerned about electability here are breaking heavily toward mitt romney as they have in other states. so, fred, it is going to be a close race here, but the romney people think they can pull it out. >> meantime, you know, peter, there was a problem involving santorum in parts of ohio. something about not registering properly and so he -- that may cost him delegates or delegate potential? >> reporter: yeah, you're exactly right. all these delegate rules are arcane and byzantine and frankly a little complicated. but the santo
nationally the polls have been moving in the same direction toward mitt romney. people here still think it will be a close race, but the romney campaign is quietly confident again that they can pull out a win here and really send a message to the republican party that we can win in a key battleground state in november. this is a state that went heavily republican in 2010, but if you look at the cross tabs in this poll, voters are very concerned about electability, they're aware of the central...
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the main poll numbers show romney and paul tied. look at this little breakdown from the polls. very interesting. very fascinating. this is from nbcmarist. it asks the people likely to partake who's not acceptable as a nominee, 41% say ron paul not acceptable. newt gingrich pretty high up as well, 35%. congresswoman michele bachmann at 34%. who's at the bottom, mitt romney. only one in five say romney is not acceptable as the gop nominee. now why is gingrich's numbers so high there, 35% saying unacceptable? here's one reason why. all that negative advertising we've seen here on the air waves in iowa being directed at gingrich. a new study by campaign media analysis group, it says that almost 50%, almost 50% of all the political ads run in iowa over the last month have been attack ads against the former house speaker. that's a pretty high number, hala. >> well, yeah, it is a pretty high number. it seems as though negative ads are having an impact, but let's talk about the candidates themselves. some of them are actually leaving the state of iowa, at least for part of the weekend.
the main poll numbers show romney and paul tied. look at this little breakdown from the polls. very interesting. very fascinating. this is from nbcmarist. it asks the people likely to partake who's not acceptable as a nominee, 41% say ron paul not acceptable. newt gingrich pretty high up as well, 35%. congresswoman michele bachmann at 34%. who's at the bottom, mitt romney. only one in five say romney is not acceptable as the gop nominee. now why is gingrich's numbers so high there, 35% saying...
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mitt romney is leading in those polls. when you look at the national polls, newt gingrich is lieding in the polls. explain that. what's happening with the american gop voter right now? >> well, i think that the gop electorate is still split, just like you saw in iowa, could very well see it in florida. remember in south carolina, at the beginning of the week newt was way behind. he ended up winning. i'm not predicting that he's going to win florida but i'm saying a lot could happen between now and the polls close on tuesday night. >> mr. cane, this is will cain. how are you? >> hello, will. >> we all know that 9-9-9 has been your love, your platform. you've been pushing it. i think you just said that you and newt have been talking about 9-9-9. can we expect newt gingrich to make 9- 9-9 part of his platform? >> not necessarily. he and i have talked and it is under serious consideration of the way we replace the tax code. this is why he also asked me to co-chair his economic growth advisory council, which i will. so what do
mitt romney is leading in those polls. when you look at the national polls, newt gingrich is lieding in the polls. explain that. what's happening with the american gop voter right now? >> well, i think that the gop electorate is still split, just like you saw in iowa, could very well see it in florida. remember in south carolina, at the beginning of the week newt was way behind. he ended up winning. i'm not predicting that he's going to win florida but i'm saying a lot could happen...
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if you look at iowa, 51%, 43% romney. the wisconsin poll, also the nbc poll, 51% obama, 45 romney. these are the key states, a lot of these are eight, nine, ten states that will determine who the next president is. >> yes. and the romney people would like to see their numbers a little better in florida. they really believe that they've got a really good shot at winning the state of florida. if they lose ohio, wolf, and you look at iowa and wisconsin, they've got to win one of those states and so far they're behind it. and what's behind it is the gender gap which so far is really not working in romney's favor. women, in iowa and wisconsin by double digits. and that's mitt romney's problem. >> you've been doing some reporting x ryan, on nevada right now. unemployment has gone down slightly but it's still above the national average. what do you see there? >> i went there to try to figure out why in a state with 12% unemployment has obama led every poll this year. it's just a demographic story there. the democrats say the adult latino citizen population has grown 39% since 2008 and the
if you look at iowa, 51%, 43% romney. the wisconsin poll, also the nbc poll, 51% obama, 45 romney. these are the key states, a lot of these are eight, nine, ten states that will determine who the next president is. >> yes. and the romney people would like to see their numbers a little better in florida. they really believe that they've got a really good shot at winning the state of florida. if they lose ohio, wolf, and you look at iowa and wisconsin, they've got to win one of those states...
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let's run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basically all his time in this state in third with about 13%. there's a second poll which gives romney a bigger legal. huntsman and santorum tied at 11. mitt is on top and his opponents have attacked him today. gingrich super pack set to blanket south carolina with ads like this one. >> mitt romney became ceo of bain capital the day it was formed. his mission, to reap massive rewards for himself and his investors. >> they don't care who i am. >> he's for small businesses. no, he isn't. he's not. >> now, romney defends his record, but today, he said something that caught the ears of his rivals. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance. that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. it also means that if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. i like being able to provide people that provide services to me. >> all right, critics jumping all over that last line, rick perry's selling it as a ring
let's run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basically all his time in this state in third with about 13%. there's a second poll which gives romney a bigger legal. huntsman and santorum tied at 11. mitt is on top and his opponents have attacked him today. gingrich super pack set to blanket south carolina with ads like this one. >> mitt romney became ceo of bain capital the day it was formed. his mission, to reap massive...
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>>> romney hits the daily double rocking both the maine caucuses and the poll of top conservative activists. and the president tangles with the catholic hierarchy over contraception and health care coverage. jacob lew, rick santorum and senator joe lieberman will join us soon. first, death of singer whitney houston. ♪ and i >> didn't she almost have it all? whitney houston was beautiful and talented with music in her soul and her blood line. sheep was the daughter of a gospel singer, cousin to dionne warwick, areit na franklin her godmother. she had a voice that could range five octaves cross over from gospel, r&b and rock. career blossomed in the '80s, skyrocketed in the '90s. multimillions of albums sold, leading roles in "the body guard" and multi millions in income. a tumultuous marriage and drug addiction. >> i'm my best friend or worst enemy. >> houston divorced and got clean, she said, and try a comeback releasing an album in 2009, going on tour. but time and trouble had taken an obvious toll ♪ whitney houston never got her comeback but as the news swept over last night, music in
>>> romney hits the daily double rocking both the maine caucuses and the poll of top conservative activists. and the president tangles with the catholic hierarchy over contraception and health care coverage. jacob lew, rick santorum and senator joe lieberman will join us soon. first, death of singer whitney houston. ♪ and i >> didn't she almost have it all? whitney houston was beautiful and talented with music in her soul and her blood line. sheep was the daughter of a gospel...
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a new nbc news maris poll shows romney's lead is higher, 42% to 27%. the candidates are always sparring. they do agree on one thing, beat owing bomb ma. >> i think it's been a ground hog day presidency where he keeps saying the same thing again and again and again. we keep waking up and we have the same problems day after day after day. >> if we're going to beat obama, he's going to have a billion dollars. almost all of it will be spent negatively because he doesn't have any positive record to run on. so, i mean, he's going from, yes, we can to why we couldn't as his theme. >> well, the delegate scoreboard so far after iowa, new hampshire, florida looks like this. they've gingrich has 23. romney is not far behind with 19. rick santorum has 13 and ron paul, not bad. not bad for ron paul picking up 3. did well in new hampshire. florida though is the big kahoona. it has 50 delegates. winner take all. the numbers could change greatly by the end of tomorrow. let's talk about that from some of the folks who know best. independent political analyst goldie tai
a new nbc news maris poll shows romney's lead is higher, 42% to 27%. the candidates are always sparring. they do agree on one thing, beat owing bomb ma. >> i think it's been a ground hog day presidency where he keeps saying the same thing again and again and again. we keep waking up and we have the same problems day after day after day. >> if we're going to beat obama, he's going to have a billion dollars. almost all of it will be spent negatively because he doesn't have any...
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two other questions in this poll, romney did much better. most republicans still think he'll win the nomination and think he's a better bet against obama in november november. but there's a clear enthusiasm gap on that question, and another one, would you be enthusiastic? many more people, about a third said santorum, a fifth said romney. if he loses in michigan in two weeks, a state where he won in 2008, i think you'll see an earthquake in this republican race beyond anything we have seen so far. >> and this next question plays into michigan. when we ask, blue collar versus white collar voters, blue collar voters, 36% of them say they support santorum for nominee, 31% of while collar voters go to santorum, but rockne has the edge. what does that tell you? it plays into a narrative we've been hearing lately. >> absolutely. there are two wings in the party, upskill, somewhat socially more moderate, and romney does pretty well with those voters. he's done well with college voters, and he struggles much more in the blue collar pop you list half
two other questions in this poll, romney did much better. most republicans still think he'll win the nomination and think he's a better bet against obama in november november. but there's a clear enthusiasm gap on that question, and another one, would you be enthusiastic? many more people, about a third said santorum, a fifth said romney. if he loses in michigan in two weeks, a state where he won in 2008, i think you'll see an earthquake in this republican race beyond anything we have seen so...
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paul steinhauser has look at the week ahead for president obama and mitt romney. >> our new cnn poll of polls indicates it's a close contest between mitt romney and possible for the state's nine electoral votes. on tuesday both the president and mitt romney speak separately at the annual global initiative gathering in new york city. after that romney heads through ohio for a bus tour through the crucial swing state. >> i need ohio to help me become the next president. >> our poll of polls in ohio indicates that right now mr. obama has the upper hand in the race for the state's 18 electoral votes. both men have been frequent visitors through ohio and while romney rolls through the state on wednesday, the president stumps there as well. >> it is good to be in ohio. it is great to be in this beautiful setting. >> also this week with the first presidential debate closing in, both continue their debate preps. randi? >> thank you, paul. >>> the 2012 campaign season is gives the cast of "saturday night live" plenty to talk about or make fun of. on last night's show, a twist of the gaffes, c
paul steinhauser has look at the week ahead for president obama and mitt romney. >> our new cnn poll of polls indicates it's a close contest between mitt romney and possible for the state's nine electoral votes. on tuesday both the president and mitt romney speak separately at the annual global initiative gathering in new york city. after that romney heads through ohio for a bus tour through the crucial swing state. >> i need ohio to help me become the next president. >> our...
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and does reaffirm a lot of the other large polls that is that mitt romney is in poll position. ron paul can't be counted out. his supporters are so intense. caucuses are low turnout high intensity affairs. rick santorum getting the doughnut hole is a surprise. 60% of the turnout last time in 2008 which made mike huckabee the winner -- >> erick erickson, they often say and i'll repeat it that there are only three tickets out of iowa and the third ticket is pretty sought after and most people were assuming that it was going to be either rick santorum vying for that spot or gingrich but now we're not sure what to think anymore especially with the big fat doughnut on the insider poll. what should we think? >> it depends on ron paul. john mccain came in fourth in iowa and was the nominee for the republicans. ron paul discounted that with his support. depends where it comes from and the other ground game. i have been told there are several organizations on the outside and complains on the inside alt showing that it's a three-way race. >> perry, honestly? perry at this point? >> well,
and does reaffirm a lot of the other large polls that is that mitt romney is in poll position. ron paul can't be counted out. his supporters are so intense. caucuses are low turnout high intensity affairs. rick santorum getting the doughnut hole is a surprise. 60% of the turnout last time in 2008 which made mike huckabee the winner -- >> erick erickson, they often say and i'll repeat it that there are only three tickets out of iowa and the third ticket is pretty sought after and most...
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polling is in his favor. there is no anti-romney candidate to take him out. pawlenty was given the job by you and he punted. >> a lot of republicans say let's pick a governor, someone that's been a chief executive. that is the track record for president, we have a senator now, not since 1960 did that happen. a lot of people say let's pick a governor. if not romney, maybe pawlenty. he was on fox news sunday, talking obamney care. last night it went this way. we don't have the sound here. what happened, why would he choose those words in the comfort of a sunday studio when your rival gave him the chance. eventually he used the words obamney care. he wouldn't do it. why? >> i guess he didn't want to take on governor romney. this was going to be their opportunity to go after president obama. but i think he made a tactical mistake. when we look at the comments and overall misgifgs about governor pawlenty, does he have the toughness to lead, can he go toe to toe with barack obama. yesterday his inability or unwillingness to take on the frontrunner i think showed, p
polling is in his favor. there is no anti-romney candidate to take him out. pawlenty was given the job by you and he punted. >> a lot of republicans say let's pick a governor, someone that's been a chief executive. that is the track record for president, we have a senator now, not since 1960 did that happen. a lot of people say let's pick a governor. if not romney, maybe pawlenty. he was on fox news sunday, talking obamney care. last night it went this way. we don't have the sound here....
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romney now leads the president 48%, 47% in cnn's poll of polls and perhaps even more telling after the months of voters finding president obama more likable than romney, now they're tied according to a new poll with romney actually over 50%, i think, for the first time. according to andrew sullivan, it's going to take a lot of quote, intelligence, fire, and argument, unquote, for the president to turn this thing around. and it still might not be enough for obama to break even for romney in the remaining two debates. that brings us back, then, for tomorrow's debate. tomorrow's debate moderated by candy crowley. the town hall format could make it even tougher for the president to win. no teleprompter and all of that. no doubt the president will have to come out strong against romney, but also has to show he can connect with the voters in the town hall and those people watching at home. it's all a very tricky balancing act. and above all else, mr. obama will have to avoid the long, boring, professor-like answers that he is sometimes prone to. here's the question. what's the president's gr
romney now leads the president 48%, 47% in cnn's poll of polls and perhaps even more telling after the months of voters finding president obama more likable than romney, now they're tied according to a new poll with romney actually over 50%, i think, for the first time. according to andrew sullivan, it's going to take a lot of quote, intelligence, fire, and argument, unquote, for the president to turn this thing around. and it still might not be enough for obama to break even for romney in the...
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our cnn poll registered republicans romney right now at 30%. herman cain, 18%. gingrich and perry with 9%. ron paul 6%. everybody else in low, low single digits. romney is doing very well. >> yes, he is. what is interesting is the cane number. because two weeks ago in florida there was an nbc poll. and romney was tide. he is 12 points up. and what you see for perry is terrible. 9%. perry has lost with jewish voter. romney does three times as well with seniors as perry. >> i think what's really important about the polls you put out this week from iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and florida is the patterns are very consistent from state to state in how the different voters are aligning. and it's consistent in what we're seeing in the national polls. if you look among the portion of the party you do not identify with the tea party, mitt romney is solidifying that vote. he leads among double digits in all four states in voters who don't identify with the tea party. similarly among voters who are not he vevangelical cyst yalhri he has a substantial lead. own the
our cnn poll registered republicans romney right now at 30%. herman cain, 18%. gingrich and perry with 9%. ron paul 6%. everybody else in low, low single digits. romney is doing very well. >> yes, he is. what is interesting is the cane number. because two weeks ago in florida there was an nbc poll. and romney was tide. he is 12 points up. and what you see for perry is terrible. 9%. perry has lost with jewish voter. romney does three times as well with seniors as perry. >> i think...
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mitt romney and the polls are showing you're behind, it allows for you to send a signal for your supporters, hey, we need to get off our butts and get moving. on the obama side, they should be saying look, don't be sitting here, we should be saying pound, pound, pound because you simply can't predict anything. 2004, many media folks based on upon exit polls, they thought john kerry was going to be president. those exit polls were wrong. >> fox news apparently that night, they thought john kerry was going to win until the very end. >> and you have to remember the down ballot races matter a lot. let's say president obama does indeed win. >> congress and senate. >> then republicans are going, they need to redouble their efforts to retake the senate and that's already looking dicey. that's why president obama had active efforts in texas in 2008 because those down ballot races really matter for the future and for your leverage when you come into office. >> thanks to all three and please let us now whether you think the polls are actually reflecting the real numbers right now. >>> next, there are
mitt romney and the polls are showing you're behind, it allows for you to send a signal for your supporters, hey, we need to get off our butts and get moving. on the obama side, they should be saying look, don't be sitting here, we should be saying pound, pound, pound because you simply can't predict anything. 2004, many media folks based on upon exit polls, they thought john kerry was going to be president. those exit polls were wrong. >> fox news apparently that night, they thought john...
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this pick is part of governor romney's efforts to reach the poll numbers a little bit, but they are confident that they have a good shot at incumbent president and we have a campaign that is about to kick in tomorrow when we get the republican running mate. >> from the perspective of the obama campaign if i can bring you back in here. is there a candidate on the short list that the obama campaign will hate or love the most? >> i am not worried about any of them right now. as far as paul ryan, a lot of democrats think they have an opening if it's paul ryan because he has come out with budget proposals to trim spending including medicare that is very, very popular with seniors. he wants to change medicare and the way it's publiced for people under 55. they would see a significant change in the way medicare is handled by the federal government and they say they will have an opening if it's paul ryan to go after him on medicare. he wants to end medicare as we know it. they say that's the republicans and romney will be vulnerable on that issue as a result of that medicare being very, very popular.
this pick is part of governor romney's efforts to reach the poll numbers a little bit, but they are confident that they have a good shot at incumbent president and we have a campaign that is about to kick in tomorrow when we get the republican running mate. >> from the perspective of the obama campaign if i can bring you back in here. is there a candidate on the short list that the obama campaign will hate or love the most? >> i am not worried about any of them right now. as far as...
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this is a new "washington post"/abc poll, back in may, 46/49. 46 for romney, 49 for obama. 47/41 47/47 right now. there's not a whole lot of movement among national voters. wrap this up for us, james, with the most important thing you think the president needs to do. >> i think he's moving on. i think his second term has to be about putting the middle class front and center, he needs to go to work on a strategy to rebuild the middle class, frame everything within that issue, and i think that's the winning strategy here. you know, i have not been luck to criticize the president's re-election campaign when i thought it was in the wrong direction. i think it's in the right direction right now, i'm happy to say i like the way this campaign is going in, i like the aggression i see out of chicago. a lot i like here. >> so when the republicans say you're only proposing class warfare, what say you? >> warren buffett says there's been a class warfare going on in this country for a long time and his class is winning. the middle class has been undersiege in this country for over 30 years. and tha
this is a new "washington post"/abc poll, back in may, 46/49. 46 for romney, 49 for obama. 47/41 47/47 right now. there's not a whole lot of movement among national voters. wrap this up for us, james, with the most important thing you think the president needs to do. >> i think he's moving on. i think his second term has to be about putting the middle class front and center, he needs to go to work on a strategy to rebuild the middle class, frame everything within that issue, and...
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as the president campaigns in florida another national poll shows him in a dead heat with mitt romney. in a cbs/new york times poll, romney has a slight edge over the president, 47% to 46%, and that is well within the margin of error, so it makes it a tie. dan lothian is traveling with the obama campaign in jacksonville. so, dan, the campaign is saying that the president is going to focus on the economy, and the middle-class, but if you look at flori florida's unemployment rate, 8.6%, and the fifth highest foreclosure rate in the country, and how does he cater his message, and tailor the message to folks
as the president campaigns in florida another national poll shows him in a dead heat with mitt romney. in a cbs/new york times poll, romney has a slight edge over the president, 47% to 46%, and that is well within the margin of error, so it makes it a tie. dan lothian is traveling with the obama campaign in jacksonville. so, dan, the campaign is saying that the president is going to focus on the economy, and the middle-class, but if you look at flori florida's unemployment rate, 8.6%, and the...
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is beating romney by seven points. that's important. joining me to talk about this volatile gop race republican strategists and cnn political strategist. >> she gets her own camera. >> we work it out that way. believe me. >> what it's like to be special. >> doug, let's starts with you. how concerned should the romney camp be about michigan and ohio where he is trailing rick santorum now? >> the concern is we're seeing these numbers in real states as opposed to national polls which could mean anything. they're concerned. they're putting a strategy together. they have been putting a strategy together to start to combat that. >> meaning crush santorum. >> i wouldn't say that. they might privately. but it's to really start to as we would say draw distinctions. and because we haven't had debates, it's going to be fought on the airwaves until we have the debates next week and moving forward. >> there's a new poll we have out, donna, today, that shows people's perceptions, voters' perceptions at how the president or different
is beating romney by seven points. that's important. joining me to talk about this volatile gop race republican strategists and cnn political strategist. >> she gets her own camera. >> we work it out that way. believe me. >> what it's like to be special. >> doug, let's starts with you. how concerned should the romney camp be about michigan and ohio where he is trailing rick santorum now? >> the concern is we're seeing these numbers in real states as opposed to...
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some are now claiming that the polls are skewed against mitt romney. republicans claiming that. ari fleischer believes it. he joins us. so does obama 2012 pollster cornell bell chesh, meaning he believes it, and john king, so you can decide for yourself what you should believe. dfrmths a young tv actor brutally kill his elder ly landlady before falling to his own death? the tragic story behind a hollywood murder mystery when we continue. >>> raw politics now. in a case of complaining about the ref when the call goes against you or perhaps in this instance, questioning the polls, virtually all of them, when the polls show you losing. so do the complainers have a case? get ready for a debate on that. first, you guessed it, new polling from nbc news and "the wall street journal" in three battleground states show president obama leading in new hampshire by seven percentage points over mitt romney among likely voters. in nevada, mr. obama has a two-point lead which is within the margin of error and in north carolina, the president also leads by two points. now, nationwide, he leads o
some are now claiming that the polls are skewed against mitt romney. republicans claiming that. ari fleischer believes it. he joins us. so does obama 2012 pollster cornell bell chesh, meaning he believes it, and john king, so you can decide for yourself what you should believe. dfrmths a young tv actor brutally kill his elder ly landlady before falling to his own death? the tragic story behind a hollywood murder mystery when we continue. >>> raw politics now. in a case of complaining...